NOVEMBER 19 • 2020 | 49

SOUL

OF BLESSED MEMORY

ANTJE “
ANNEKE”
KOOISTRA BURKE, 82, of
Mayville, Mich., died Nov. 4,
2020.
More than 2,000 times she
spoke publicly, telling the
courageous story of her par-
ents, members of the Dutch
Resistance, who hid Jews in
their Utrecht home during the
Holocaust, while keeping this
a complete secret from their
young children.
Anneke thus encouraged
others to bravely stand up
to injustice and spread love
among all people. She always
kept in touch with these hid-
den Jews and their children. In
the 1960s she moved to Israel,
to Kibbutz Hepzibah, where
she learned Hebrew and met
her husband, a Detroit native.
Eventually they returned to
Detroit and then to Mayville,
joining Temple Beth Israel of
Bay City.
Mrs. Burke is survived by
her daughters, Naomi Burke
and Sara-Bina Rautiola; son
and daughter-in-law, Aaron
and Ondree Burke; grandchil-
dren, Ari Rautiola, Gabrielle
Rautiola and Chloe Burke. She
is also survived by her dearest
friend, Gary Sanford; her sis-
ter and brother-in-law, Reitje
and Douwe Dehann; and her
brother and sister-in-law, Jan
and Ineke Kooistra.
Contributions may be
made to KADIMA- Jewish
Residential Support Services
for Adults With Mental Illness,
15999 W
. 12 Mile Road,
Southfield, MI 48076, kadima-
center.org.

JOEL BUSSELL,
83, of West
Bloomfield, died
Nov. 7, 2020.
He is survived
by his wife of 61
years, Joan Beckman Bussell;
his children, Elana Bussell
Shelef and Roy Shelef, Jeffrey
Bussell and Debra Pevos,
Evandro Siveira and Chris

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